Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Wood, Paper & Printing, Telecoms and Leasing & Factoring sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA), which rose 19.77% or 0.350 points to trade at 2.120 at the close. Meanwhile, Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE) added 19.51% or 0.320 points to end at 1.960 and Vakif Gmyo (IS:VKGYO) was up 6.84% or 0.160 points to 2.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alcatel Lucent Teletas (IS:ALCTL), which fell 4.17% or 0.320 points to trade at 7.360 at the close. Afyon Cimento (IS:AFYON) declined 3.92% or 0.32 points to end at 7.84 and Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) was down 3.45% or 1.24 points to 34.66.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 179 to 154 and 73 ended unchanged.
Shares in Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) rose to 52-week highs; up 19.77% or 0.350 to 2.120.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.72% or 9.05 to $1260.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.97% or 1.48 to hit $51.29 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.48% or 1.29 to trade at $53.22 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.54% to 3.0662, while EUR/TRY rose 0.08% to 3.4213.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 96.78.